Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 74 / Wednesday, April 18, 2007 / Notices 19469 

(Memphis, Tennessee), Streamline 

Copper & Brass Ltd. (Strathroy, Ontario) 

and affiliated companies within the 

Mueller Group filed a Request for Panel 

Review in the above referenced matter 

with the Canadian Section of the 

NAFTA Secretariat. 

On April 10, 2007, Mueller Industries, 

Inc. (Memphis, Tennessee), Streamline 

Copper & Brass Ltd. (Strathroy, Ontario) 

and affiliated companies within the 

Mueller Group filed a Notice of Motion 

requesting termination of this panel 

review. No other interested person filed 

a request for Panel Review of this final 

determination. As of April 10, 2007, no 

Complaint or Notice of Appearance has 

been filed by any interested person. 

Therefore, pursuant to subrules 71(2) 

and 78(a) of the NAFTA Article 1904 

Panel Rules, this Notice of Completion 

of Panel Review was effective on April 

10, 2007. 

Dated: April 12, 2007. 

Caratina L. Alston, 

United States Secretary NAFTA Secretariat. 

[FR Doc. E7–7298 Filed 4–17–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–GT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 041107B] 

Endangered Species; File No. 1595 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

Michael M. Hastings, University of 

Maine, 5717 Corbett Hall, Orono, Maine 

04469, has been issued a permit to take 

shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser 

brevirostrum) for purposes of scientific 

research. 

ADDRESSES: The permit and related 

documents are available for review 

upon written request or by appointment 

in the following offices: 

Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 

13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone 

(301)713–2289; fax (301)427–2521; and 

Northeast Region, NMFS, One 

Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 

01930–2298; phone (978)281–9300; fax 

(978)281–9394. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brandy Hutnak or Malcolm Mohead, 

(301)713–2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 16, 2007, notice was published 

in the Federal Register (72 FR 1706) 

that a request for a scientific research 

permit to take shortnose sturgeon had 

been submitted by the above-named 

individual. The requested permit has 

been issued under the authority of the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) 

and the regulations governing the 

taking, importing, and exporting of 

endangered and threatened species (50 

CFR parts 222–226). 

This permit authorizes Michael 

Hastings to annually capture, 

anesthetize, measure, weigh, sex 

(borescope), tissue sample, scan (for 

tags), Carlin tag, PIT tag, recover, and 

release up to 70 sub-adult and adult 

shortnose sturgeon annually. 

Additionally, up to 30 sub-adult and 

adult shortnose sturgeon, annually, 

would be fitted/implanted with an 

external/internal transmitter. This 

project also includes the annual lethal 

take of up to 50 shortnose sturgeon eggs. 

Up to 2 incidental mortalities of 

shortnose sturgeon each year is also 

being authorized. This research will 

help assess the distribution, abundance, 

and movements, as well as document 

spawning, of shortnose sturgeon in the 

Penobscot River System, Maine. 

Issuance of this permit, as required by 

the ESA, was based on a finding that 

such permit (1) was applied for in good 

faith, (2) will not operate to the 

disadvantage of such endangered or 

threatened species, and (3) is consistent 

with the purposes and policies set forth 

in section 2 of the ESA. 

Dated: April 11, 2007. 

P. Michael Payne, 

Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–7378 Filed 4–17–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 040607D] 

Marine Mammals; File No. 555–1870 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

James T. Harvey, Ph.D., Moss Landing 

Marine Laboratories, 8272 Moss 

Landing Road, Moss Landing, CA has 

been issued a permit to conduct 

scientific research on harbor seals 

(Phoca vitulina richardsi). 

ADDRESSES: The permit and related 

documents are available for review 

upon written request or by appointment 

in the following office(s): 

Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 

13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone 

(301)713–2289; fax (301)427–2521; 

Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand 

Point Way NE, BIN C15700, Bldg. 1, 

Seattle, WA 98115–0700; phone 

(206)526–6150; fax (206)526–6426; 

Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 

21668, Juneau, AK 99802–1668; phone 

(907)586–7221; fax (907)586–7249; and 

Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West 

Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, 

CA 90802–4213; phone (562)980–4001; 

fax (562)980–4018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Sloan or Jaclyn Daly, (301)713–

2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 29, 2006, notice was 

published in the Federal Register (71 

FR 78407) that a request for a scientific 

research permit to take harbor seals had 

been submitted by the above-named 

individual. The requested permit has 

been issued under the authority of the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, 

as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and 

the regulations governing the taking and 

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR 

part 216). 

The permit authorizes researchers to 

examine the biology and ecology and 

monitor health and condition of coastal 

populations of harbor seals in 

California, Oregon, Washington, and 

southeast Alaska over a 5-year period. 

Up to 670 harbor seals may be captured 

annually throughout the action area. An 

additional 2,910 individuals may be 

taken annually by harassment incidental 

to captures, scat collection, exposure to 

playback of vocalizations, and 

experimental disturbance activities. Up 

to 2 seal mortalities per year are 

authorized. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final 

determination has been made that the 

activity proposed is categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 


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